Adventist
[ ad-ven-tist, ad-ven- ]
/ ˈæd vɛn tɪst, ædˈvɛn- /
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noun
Also called Second Adventist. a member of any of certain Christian denominations that maintain that the Second Advent of Christ is imminent.
adjective
of or relating to Adventists.
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Adventist
/ (ˈædvɛntɪst, ˈædvən-) /
noun
a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent
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Word Origin and History for adventist
Adventist
1843, from Advent + -ist. Church Latin adventus was applied to the coming of the Savior, both the first or the anticipated second, hence Adventist, a name applied to millenarian sects, especially and originally the Millerites (U.S.).
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